Pruyn, Dorothy L. (1918-2010)

PRUYN, DICKENSON, KUHLMAN, HEIDEMANN, TILLEMA, LEONARD

Posted By: Janelle Martin (email)
Date: 8/6/2010 at 10:58:11

Webster City Daily Freeman-Journal, June 30, 2010, p.3.

Dorothy L. Pruyn, 91, of Iowa Falls, passed away Tuesday at Scenic Manor. In keeping with Dorothy's wishes her body has been cremated. A memorial service will be at 3 p.m. on Friday at the First United Methodist Church in Iowa Falls.
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Linn Funeral Home
Dorothy L. Pruyn, 91, loving wife, mother, and grandmother, of Iowa Falls, Iowa and formerly of Latimer, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, June 29, 2010, at Scenic Manor, two days short of her 92nd birthday. In keeping with Dorothy's wishes her body has been cremated. There will be a memorial service for Dorothy L. Pruyn at 3:00 pm Friday, July 2, 2010 at the First United Methodist Church, 619 Main Street, Iowa Falls, Iowa, with inurnment at the Union Cemetery, Iowa Falls. The Linn's Funeral Homes Iowa Falls Chapel has been entrusted with the arrangements.

Dorothy Lee Dickenson was born July 1, 1918, at her parent's home in Franklin County, Iowa, the daughter of John A. and Anna Joanna [Kuhlman] Dickenson. She graduated from the Owasa, Iowa Community Schools with the class of 1935. On April 29, 1937, Dorothy was united in marriage to William Lyle Pruyn at Chillicothe, Missouri. Dorothy worked with Bill in the funeral business at the Sietsema - Pruyn Funeral Home in Latimer, Iowa for many years. She was also a bookkeeper for the Latimer Grain Company for 16 years and had also worked 8 years for the Fashionette Dress Shop in Hampton, Iowa. She is a member of the First United Methodist Church, Iowa Falls; and was a 52 year member of the United Church of Christ, Latimer. She was an avid sports fan, following the Iowa Hawkeye's football and basketball teams and the Minnesota Vikings.

Surviving Dorothy are two grandchildren: Steven [Jennifer] Pruyn of Alexandria, Virginia, Traci [Mike] Heidemann of Lakeville, Minnesota; five great grandchildren: Anna Corinne and Claire Frances Pruyn of Alexandria, Virginia, Ashley Marie, Afton Pruyn, and Adam Richard Heidemann of Lakeville, Minnesota; and a sister: Edna Jean Tillema of Kissimmee, Florida; daughter-in-law: JoAn Pruyn of Lawrence, Kansas; and dear friend: Robert Faris of Iowa Falls. She was preceded in death by her parents: John and Joanna Dickenson; her husband: Bill Pruyn (1990); her son: Murry John Pruyn (2003); a sister: Minnie Leonard; and two brothers: Jack Dickenson and David Dickenson.

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